02 Jul '09 04:56>
Obviously one loves a great little conspiracy theory. And nobody seems to be spouting international conspiracy theories like Iranian leaders. The problem being that listening to Iranian leaders is like having sharp needles stuck into one's ears (much like sitting in evangelical churches, I may add).
I was just watching CNN (add that to the list of torture, by the way. What the hell is wrong with CNN reporters? Have they watched too many Hollywood film trailers or something? What a bombastic and exaggerated way of reporting: "One man is being held prisoner. Against his will. The international community...blah blah blah." And really, how the hell did the US screw up which syllables to accenturate so badly? Not even Aussies can do that!)...
Where was I?
Yeah... CNN stated two things this morning:
1. Iranian leaders say Britain and the US are behind the whole unrest.
2. The international community (does this include Lichtenstein, I find myself pondering) condemns the holding of prisoners by Iranian authorities without them having lawyers (And I find myself wondering if the US mumbled anything along those lines...).
Sticking to one, what you all think?
I mean, it's not like the US, Israel or Britain's rhetoric towards Iran has been unbiased the last...uh... 40 years or so. And the US did finance the Iraquee war against Iran in the 80's.
And the US did finance various "revolutions" in the former Soviet block (like the orange revolution).
And the British are always sneaking about (unless their spies are having gay sex in toilets, obviously).
The problem so far, for Iran, is that the only proof they've got of foreign meddling (not, by the way, that I'm suggesting the election was fair, that's not what this thread is about) seems to be the confessions of prisoners who are being held without representation. Which means their confessions are worth faeces in a jar.
I wonder, on a side track to do with point 2, if the international community does more than condemn Iran for the holding of these prisoners, what perspective that shines on this discussion, for the US was only condemned, and nothing else, for exactly the same.
Any ideas? Is it really just paranoid delusions? What with a major US offensive in Afghanistan for no apparant reason, is this a case of just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you.
I was just watching CNN (add that to the list of torture, by the way. What the hell is wrong with CNN reporters? Have they watched too many Hollywood film trailers or something? What a bombastic and exaggerated way of reporting: "One man is being held prisoner. Against his will. The international community...blah blah blah." And really, how the hell did the US screw up which syllables to accenturate so badly? Not even Aussies can do that!)...
Where was I?
Yeah... CNN stated two things this morning:
1. Iranian leaders say Britain and the US are behind the whole unrest.
2. The international community (does this include Lichtenstein, I find myself pondering) condemns the holding of prisoners by Iranian authorities without them having lawyers (And I find myself wondering if the US mumbled anything along those lines...).
Sticking to one, what you all think?
I mean, it's not like the US, Israel or Britain's rhetoric towards Iran has been unbiased the last...uh... 40 years or so. And the US did finance the Iraquee war against Iran in the 80's.
And the US did finance various "revolutions" in the former Soviet block (like the orange revolution).
And the British are always sneaking about (unless their spies are having gay sex in toilets, obviously).
The problem so far, for Iran, is that the only proof they've got of foreign meddling (not, by the way, that I'm suggesting the election was fair, that's not what this thread is about) seems to be the confessions of prisoners who are being held without representation. Which means their confessions are worth faeces in a jar.
I wonder, on a side track to do with point 2, if the international community does more than condemn Iran for the holding of these prisoners, what perspective that shines on this discussion, for the US was only condemned, and nothing else, for exactly the same.
Any ideas? Is it really just paranoid delusions? What with a major US offensive in Afghanistan for no apparant reason, is this a case of just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you.